/spg/ - Smartphone General

If requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you will be using it with, along with wanted features, budget and size.

Good resources:
>reviews, specs, comparisons
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
kimovil.com

>Frequency checker
willmyphonework.net
www.frequencycheck.com

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much shekels you spent on good/bad phone
>Shill your Xiaomi
>Ignore the Cuckitel shill
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES

News:
4th Gen Moto G 2016 announced
theverge.com/2016/5/17/11688790/moto-g-plus-play-release-date-prices-specs-features

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motog3.com/moto-g4/
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
kimovil.com
twitter.com/evleaks/status/732465553378418688
gsmarena.com/results.php3?nRamMin=2000&fDisplayInchesMin=5.5&fDisplayInchesMax=5.5&sMakers=59,5,88,76,28,48,90,46,57,15,31,42,34,36,67,10,108,77,89,75,24,105,61,104,93,106,2,40,50,65,47,92,107,33,41,45,58,35,52,69,29,60,102,84,83,17,94,109,73,20,14,87,74,66,64,25,8,63,4,56,12,22,79,1,97,30,95,82,71,27,6,32,81,11,72,101,86,103,38,13,18,26,23,3,54,7,19,68,55,21,16,49,44,91,39,70,98,37,53,96,51,43,80,85,78,99,100,62&idBatRemovable=1
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Reposting from old thread
>To what scale is my huewai honor 7 spying on me, I mean is it keylogging is it remote control, is it sending all my photos and texts to a server or is it just anonymous data mining? and how does this compares to other smartphones?

Whats the best anti NSA phone with a good camera, budget of 200, looking at the blackberry q10

Plan on getting an S7 Edge on AT&T or Verizon. How fucked am I? Are there better phones on the near horizon?

is anybody actually interested in the Oneplus 3?

>LG G5 for 350$ + cam module
Should I go for it?

The Verizon version is bloated with crapware, avoid.

G5 or G4?

grey G5, m8

Is the AT&T version any better? Can I just remove the Verizon shit?

repost from old thread
i have an iphone 5c should i save and get the moto g3 or 4 both look pretty much the same the only thing is i dont really use my phone

They lost my interest with the op2 looking at huge battery phones as my next upgrade.
Get a new dumb phone every second week. If you've got shut to hide you are fucked anyway. Silent sms patras and cell of origin or how they are called in your country will track you down if you get a blackberry.
>G5 for 340$
Used? Try to get your hands on it first to see if it has some flaws. Sounds too good to be true.

It's a new G5 titan with a free cam module sold by a shop for 350$. It's a promo.

This fucker costs 700€ here get as much as you can and sell them again after promo.

I can only get one, however I suppose its a good price.
Any opinions about the phone?

Wait and get the g4 plus

All I want is a Nexus device with a SD820

google pls gib 6P refresh

For $350 you won't be able to get a better phone.

Where are you getting this deal??

The release was a mess. As far as I'm informed there's only one module avaible in the US. The battery is a bit small for a screen with above 500ppi and a sd820, but it has expandable storage and a swappable battery. Its the cheapest sd820 smartphone currently available.

is the difference that big? What can you do with the 820 and cant with the 810?

Maybe tomorrow?

spanish mobile company. Orange

Stupid question: how reliable are unlockers?

>2016
>OLED

Oh boy I can't wait for another shitty screen that flickers under sunlight and turns yellow after 8 months

motorola is dead to me

>4th Gen Moto G 2016 announced
fuck, should i have waited for G?

Cancel it faggot

Can someone help me please? I have a brick phone from 2007 I hardly use, but I want to buy a smartphone. Finally getting on with the times and all. Could someone point me towards a few websites that'd enlighten me about these magical devices?

motog3.com/moto-g4/
>worse CPU
>worse GPU
>smaller screen
>worse camera
>no IR
meh

The specs actually look better on the XPE. SD808>SD617, bigger screen etc.

Lenovo really shitted this one

did you read the OP?
Good resources:
>reviews, specs, comparisons
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
kimovil.com

Those are advanced sorceries. I need to learn about the basics first. What kind of OS's are there, which is better, why, more popular, etc? Then I'll start narrowing things down.

What's a good privacy focused smart phone?

huehuehue

Nobody got time for that nigga, google it.

Are there still phones between the glassy huge brick and the tiny plastic brick archetypes?

your opinion on windows phone?

You have the bendy metal slab now too.

Ugly, no apps, dysfunctional, deprecated POS. avoid at all costs.

Had potential a few years ago, proven to be garbage now.

Is the galaxy s6 worth 350 euroshekels?

Fine if you just need something to use email or calls on, crap for everything else.

Also i find it amusing Microsoft talks about W10M supporting fingerprint scanners soon when they don't make new devices anymore so it's fucking pointless

no

why family member

Buying Samsung is dumb enough because they abandon their shit the second new models release and rooting is always a chore, if even possible at all.
Buying a phone that has already been replaced is just silly, good luck ever getting updated to N.

>all these 5.5 inch phones

looks like the iphone se is my only option, so much for all that "choice" when it comes to androids

Shit. I was hoping for a 5 inch Moto G4, so now i'm conflicted. Plus apparently evleaks is talking some cryptic shit about no more Moto X, so if I want the Pure Edition with it's slightly too large for me screen i better act fast.

There are better options for 350E.

>what's a z5c

The S7 is 5.1 in
The G5 is 5.3in
The HTC10 5.2 in
The Nexus5x is 4.95 in

G4 Plus will probably be worth it depending on the pricing in the states.

I'm kinda upset because now it looks like they're just lumping all their portfolio under the Moto G moniker, as if the Play is replace the Moto E and the Plus the Moto X

Though the Pure Edition has better specs iirc, so you might want to jump on that while you still can

5x is 5.2

>Phone
>privacy
Choose one

which music player are you guys using/would recommend ?

I'm using apollo.

vanilla music

Blackplayer

Rocket player.

ty all

so no new Moto E in sight ?

Blackberry is full of backdoors. Don't lie to yourself. If you're really concerned about privacy, the closest you can get is prepaid SIMs on dumb-phones. That being said, unencrypted messaging can be intercepted and purchases are traceable, so if you're in it just for "muh privacy" then knock yourself out but if there is an actual need for this, you need a game plan that goes much further than phone recommendations on /spg/. Otherwise pick up a $0 Apple iPhone 5S on select plans on a 2 year term from your service provider of choice.

You'll be waiting till August at the earliest

As mentioned, it looks like the Moto G4 Play is supposed to be their low end offering this time around. Of course that could be wrong, but I wouldn't hold my breath

yeah, it's just the old nexus 5 that's 4.95

>Moto G4 Play
oh, missed that one, thanks

hurr

so i'm in the same position as should i do it? or wait till june or so to see if they announce a new moto x?

>sort of want to upgrade
>still no phones better than the 2014 moto x
>look around a bit
>end up not bothering upgrading

I seem to be stuck in this cycle.

can someone post that iOS homescreen lag animation gif/webm?

820 should fix this problem

I actually don't care so much about cameras, unless that's a phone that I haven't heard of.

that's a chipset

Just smashed my LG's display and decided I want an upgrade. I've been using shitdroids for the last 5 years and while I love CM and AdAway and stuff, I kinda want to get an iPhone for once, just to see what's the grass like on the other side.

In my country a new 5S is ~300 eur, SE is ~420. Which one should I get? I'm poor so I'm not sure if the performance is worth 120 euros.

Thanks.

durr

You know it's true. Samsung are well known for being useless at updates.

Oh right, the new snapdragon. My bad. I should probably actually do research instead of just looking at what phone looks kind of shiny and has good reviews.

>poor
>wants to buy an iphone to see what it's like

>I'm poor and I want to get iCucked
Serves you right.

this is how you stay poor

>hurr
I bet you wouldn't sperg out if I'd be getting a OnePlus or smth.

yeah, no shit because it's 1/3 the price and the ecosystem doesn't require you to buy a macbook and/or imac to get the most out of it

Go get cucked europoor.

I already have a fucking Mac. Maybe saying "poor" was a bit of a stretch. Anyway I'm here for a phone advice.

hurr muh updates

s5 got the marshamallow update in april so no

I'm considering ASUS ZENFONE MAX and XIAOMI REDMI NOTE PRO. What do you recommed? XIAOMI seems like a much better phone, but I probably won't ever make use of those specs and a 5000 mAh battery is tempting

Moto x pure is probably still a better phone

They aren't going to announce a new moto x. I wouldn't recommend buying a moto phone at all. You won't be getting any updates

then what do you recommend in the $300 - $400 range that will get me updates?

Nexus or LG if you want updates in reasonable timeframe.

Anyone ever built out cyanogenmod? I'm thinking of trying to maintain it for my shitty phone cause nobody else will.

>4G LTE
>2 gb of ram
> preferably a 5.5 in screen
> removable battery
>not Samshit
>for the low
What do you guys think my options are? Kinda liking the Moto G 3rd gen 16 gb model but it lacks the removable batt. Is battery life good for it?

RN3P is way better. Asus a bloated shit.

isn't your time/money better spent just getting a different phone?

I'm usually developing something as a side project anyway, why not something that might help others out a bit.

You just described an LG G3.

do what I'm doing, play the waiting game until the next Nexus is announced.

Shutte+ is what I use.


Also OnePlus 3 leaked.
twitter.com/evleaks/status/732465553378418688
AMOLED display and 3000mAh battery.

gsmarena.com/results.php3?nRamMin=2000&fDisplayInchesMin=5.5&fDisplayInchesMax=5.5&sMakers=59,5,88,76,28,48,90,46,57,15,31,42,34,36,67,10,108,77,89,75,24,105,61,104,93,106,2,40,50,65,47,92,107,33,41,45,58,35,52,69,29,60,102,84,83,17,94,109,73,20,14,87,74,66,64,25,8,63,4,56,12,22,79,1,97,30,95,82,71,27,6,32,81,11,72,101,86,103,38,13,18,26,23,3,54,7,19,68,55,21,16,49,44,91,39,70,98,37,53,96,51,43,80,85,78,99,100,62&idBatRemovable=1

and when would that be? september?

I hope OnePlus doesn't do the invite bullshit with this phone.

no one will use it except maybe a pajeet or two on xda

also 'developing' and cloning device trees are not really the same thing

don't bother

neo900
gta04
dragonbox pyra

It's the only reason people talk about their overpriced phones.

For the record I meant more actually contributing to cyanogenmod instead of posting some shitty "IceC00l superHOT ToastyMarshalow" bullshit fork of cyanogen on xda.

But you're probably right anyway, I'd imagine it's pretty fucking dull work.

He didn't say he wants something ugly